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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 9]
evam eva khalu mahad-abhicārāti-kramaḥ kārtsnyenātmane phalati.
evam eva—in this way; khalu—indeed; mahat—to great personalities; abhicāra—in the form of envy; ati-kramaḥ—the limit of offense; kārtsnyena—always; ātmane—unto oneself; phalati—gives the result.
TRANSLATION
When an envious person commits an offense before a great personality, he is always punished in the way mentioned above.
TEXT 20
न वा एतद्विष्णुदत्तं महदद्भुतं यदसम्भ्रमः स्वशिरश्छेदन आपतितेऽपि विमुक्तदेहाद्यात्मभावसुदृढहृदयग्रन्थीनां सर्वसत्त्वसुहृदात्मनां निर्वैराणां साक्षाद्भगवतानिमिषारिवरायुधेनाप्रमत्तेन तैस्तैर्भावैः परिरक्ष्यमाणानां तत्पादमूलमकुतश्चिद्भयमुपसृतानां भागवतपरमहंसानाम् ॥ २० ॥
na vā etad viṣṇudatta mahad-adbhutaṁ yad asambhramaḥ sva-śiraś- chedana āpatite 'pi vimukta-dehādy-ātma-bhāva-sudrḍha-hṛdaya- granthīnāṁ sarva-sattva-suhṛd-ātmanāṁ nirvairāṇāṁ sākṣād bhagavatānimiṣāri-varāyudhenāpramattena tais tair bhāvaiḥ parirakṣyamāṇānāṁ tat-pāda-mūlam akutaścid-bhayam upasṛtānāṁ bhāgavata-paramahaṁsānāṁ.
na—not; vā—or; etat—this; viṣṇu-datta—O Mahārāja Parikṣit, who was protected by Lord Viṣṇu; mahat—a great; adbhutam—wonder; yat—which; asambhramaḥ—lack of perplexity; sva-śiraḥ-chedane— when the chopping off of the head; āpatite—was about to happen; api— even though; vimukta—completely liberated from; deha-ādi-ātma- bhāva—the false bodily concept of life; su-drḍha—very strong and tight; hṛdaya-granthīnāṁ—of those whose knots within the heart; sarva-sattva-suhṛt-ātmanāṁ—of persons who in their hearts always wish well to all living entities; nirvairāṇāṁ—who do not find anyone as their enemy; sākṣāt—directly; bhagavatā—by the Supreme Personality